Boxes And Arrows : The Design Behind the Design

Austin Govella

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Austin spends lots of time exploring how groups learn, innovate, and evolve their identities, an interest he explores for Comcast Interactive Media where he works as a Senior Information Architect.

In his off-time, Austin works as a development editor for Boxes and Arrows, volunteers with the Information Architecture Institute, and writes about better products, better teams, and better experience at his blog, Thinking and Making.

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• I'd also like to see some of the thinking behind the new com… [0 points]
• Would this be a review? It might be more useful as a compari… [0 points]
• I agree with Donna, here. The idea is absolutely great. I'd … [0 points]
• I think it's relevant. In my world (and I might be reading W… [0 points]
• But why is "apophenia" related to mental disorders? Makes me… [0 points]
• I think this would be amazing. I wish I could offer to help,… [0 points]
• I agree with Dmitry about the Google Ads. And I'm not sure h… [1 points]
• Very nice explanation of how to conduct and use competitive … [2 points]
• Donna, exploratory and don't know... seem like very similar … [2 points]
• So how do we reframe the issue so clients become disinterest… [0 points]
• Scott, I think this is true if you're trying to sell Accessi… [0 points]
• Awesome essay on students and masters, knowledge and wisdom.… [1 points]
• This kicks ass. I don't have any better words. Very technic… [1 points]
• It's true. The quality of the prototype affects the feedback… [3 points]
• This was cool, and I definitely think it needs more explorat… [4 points]
• Alexander, I look at web 2.0 form a slightly different pers… [1 points]
• I love the most recent iteration. It looks great! I especial… [2 points]
• Masood, How would you formulate some of the things you ment… [0 points]
• Donna, Adam's published work is almost always the most well-… [0 points]
• Cris, Thanks for catching that! All fixed now. [0 points]
• Javier, In organizing the retreat, did you learn any lesson… [1 points]
• Great article. You should pimp your blogs more. They're fant… [0 points]
• Masood, Even when they're not stated, we have assumptions… [0 points]
• Praveen, So how do we communicate that value? [1 points]
• Jorge, This was fantastic, and I'd love to see more. How ca… [1 points]
• I dig the chart, too, and would be interested in more info o… [1 points]
• David, Have you checked out Mulder's "The user is always ri… [0 points]
• Patrick, that's an interesting 'case study'. I think it woul… [0 points]
• Alexa, Perhaps you could choose a common application-type t… [0 points]
• I'm not clear on where this differs from standard user resea… [1 points]
• Kate, This is a great idea. I'd like to suggest some collab… [0 points]
• I think the distinction between innie and outie was importan… [1 points]
• I totally agree that a lot of traditional documentation is u… [0 points]
• I agree with Edward. We've created a false distinction betwe… [3 points]
• Keyboards, definitely not, but I think mice are trickier. G… [0 points]
• Kate, What kind of usability are you looking for? * The ab… [0 points]
• I don't mind either way. Maybe it's more about setting the e… [1 points]
• We use screens over the element in the wireframe and either … [0 points]
• Wouldn't these be design best practices? Are you thinking a… [0 points]